A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 426
tainepochs cu.stomary to crown-u]) each com])artnientof the vault, giving to the middle, tiie jiointWhere the diagonal arches cross and where theboss was situated, an elevation greater than thatof the points of the transverse and wall arches. CROW-QUILL. A small, sharp-pointed steeldrawing ]ien,… … Crow Steps: Glimmingehds, Scania, Sweden. CROW STEP. Any one of the steps of asteppctl gable. (Called also Cat Stej), CorbelStep, and Corbie Step.) CROW STONE. The capstone of a gableupon whicii is set tht^ tiniai cross or pinnacle. CRUCIFIX. A Latin cross hearing theimage of Christ. Its use in…
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